11-21-2010, 04:28 AM
Russ, my comment about AT&SF was a little bit of irony. They have been the first to stop buying new switcher and reused low end road engines. Later on all the other RR followed on that way.
I think the area of dedicated switchers (with road capabilities) had an end in 1984 when the MP15AC stopped. After that time no new switchers have been developed instead rebuilds toke over the complete market.
The Geeps with chopped nose are beautiful. The problem is each RR did it their way and they are all somewhat different. I assume due to that difference no quality model would reach the minimum numbers to be produced and we got nothing there. I would like to have the skill to do that modification myself. There are lots of examples in the web but that is out of my possibilities.
The only model in that area in the CF-7. It looks so good but the drive... I am still not satisfied. And each time I run an Atlas engine the CF-7 is an disappointment afterwards.
btw. I uninstalled some sound decoders from unused Athearn Genesis NYC F7 yesterday (put them in UP SW1500). That units have a fine drive and should have the correct truck distance for CF-7. I will try if I can transplant the trucks with motor etc. into the CF-7. I hope Athearn mounts the trucks in Genesis and RTR engines the same way.
I think the area of dedicated switchers (with road capabilities) had an end in 1984 when the MP15AC stopped. After that time no new switchers have been developed instead rebuilds toke over the complete market.
The Geeps with chopped nose are beautiful. The problem is each RR did it their way and they are all somewhat different. I assume due to that difference no quality model would reach the minimum numbers to be produced and we got nothing there. I would like to have the skill to do that modification myself. There are lots of examples in the web but that is out of my possibilities.
The only model in that area in the CF-7. It looks so good but the drive... I am still not satisfied. And each time I run an Atlas engine the CF-7 is an disappointment afterwards.
btw. I uninstalled some sound decoders from unused Athearn Genesis NYC F7 yesterday (put them in UP SW1500). That units have a fine drive and should have the correct truck distance for CF-7. I will try if I can transplant the trucks with motor etc. into the CF-7. I hope Athearn mounts the trucks in Genesis and RTR engines the same way.
Reinhard